Case 2:16-cv-00992-JRG Document 141 Filed 05/18/17 Page 1 of 8 PageID #: 1005
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`UNILOC USA, INC., ET AL.
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`Case No. 2:16-cv-00992-JRG
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`Plaintiffs,
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`LEAD CASE
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`V.
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`MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
`SNAP, INC.
`HTC AMERICA, INC.
`LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC.,
`LG ELECTRONICS, INC., and
`LG ELECTRONICS
`MOBILECOMM USA, INC.,
`ZTE (USA), INC. ET AL.
`HUAWEI DEVICE USA INC. ET AL.,
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`Defendants.
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`2:16-cv-00696-JRG
`2:16-cv-00989-JRG
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`2:16-cv-00991-JRG
`2:16-cv-00993-JRG
`2:16-cv-00994-JRG
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`DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSED MOTION TO AMEND THE DOCKET CONTROL ORDER
`Upon consolidating defendants LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., LG Electronics, Inc., and LG
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`Electronics MobileComm USA, Inc. (collectively, “LG”) in this ongoing consolidated case, the
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`Court instructed the parties “to meet and confer to determine whether the docket control order . .
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`. warrant[s] further amendment because of the new consolidation.” (Dkt. 130 at 1.) Pursuant to
`that instruction, Defendants1 seek to amend the following dates in the current Docket Control
`Order (Dkt. No. 95):
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`1 Motorola Mobility LLC (“Motorola”); Snap, Inc. (“Snap”); HTC America, Inc. (“HTC”); ZTE
`(USA), Inc. and ZTE (TX), Inc. (“ZTE”); and Huawei Device USA, Inc. and Huawei Device
`Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”). LG, together with Motorola, Snap, HTC, ZTE, and Huawei are,
`collectively, “Defendants.”
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`ORIGINAL
`DATE
`November 17,
`2017
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`PROPOSED
`DATE
`December 8,
`2017
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`October 20,
`2017
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`November 17,
`2017
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`October 6, 2017 November 3,
`2017
`October 30,
`2017
`October 23,
`2017
`September 25,
`2017
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`September 29,
`2017
`September 22,
`2017
`August 25,
`2017
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`August 18,
`2017
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`September 18.
`2017
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`July 28, 2017
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`August 25,
`2017
`July 28, 2017
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`Deadline to Complete Mediation
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`The parties are responsible for ensuring that a mediation
`report is filed no later than 5 days after the conclusion of
`mediation.
`*Claim Construction Hearing – 1:30 p.m. in Marshall,
`Texas
`before Judge Rodney Gilstrap
`*Comply with P.R. 4-5(d) (Joint Claim Construction Chart)
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`*Comply with P.R. 4-5(c) (Reply Claim Construction Brief)
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`Comply with P.R. 4-5(b) (Responsive Claim Construction
`Brief)
`Comply with P.R. 4-5(a) (Opening Claim Construction
`Brief) and Submit Technical Tutorials (if any)
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`Good cause must be shown to submit technical tutorials
`after the deadline to comply with P.R. 4-5(a).
`Comply with P.R. 4-4 (Deadline to Complete Claim
`Construction Discovery)
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`Comply with P.R. 4-3 (Joint Claim Construction Statement)
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`June 30, 2017
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`Comply with P.R. 4-2 (Exchange Preliminary Claim
`Constructions)
`Comply with P.R. 4-1 (Exchange Proposed Claim Terms)
`July 7, 2017
`June 9, 2017
`Defendants respectfully submit that a brief extension of approximately one month for the
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`claim construction deadlines will allow all defendants in this consolidated action – including LG
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`– adequately to consult and fully prepare the joint claim construction submissions required.
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`In
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`order to accommodate this adjustment without unreasonably burdening the parties and their
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`counsel, the requested amendment also extends to the deadlines for the claim construction
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`hearing and other deadlines for which good cause is required. Defendants believe that LG’s
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`recent consolidation in this ongoing action constitutes good cause for amendment.
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`While Defendants seek modification of the Court’s deadline to complete mediation to
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`allow for claim construction proceedings to inform the mediation, Defendants do not seek
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`modification of any subsequent deadlines. Thus, the deadlines to complete fact and expert
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`discovery, serve expert disclosures, and file dispositive motions, as well as the dates of the
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`pretrial conference and jury selection, would remain unchanged. For at least this reason,
`Plaintiffs would not be prejudiced by the requested amendment.2
`Finally, Defendants are aware of the following unconsolidated pending cases involving
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`the same patents-in-suit:
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Google, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-00214
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Google, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-00224
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Google, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-00231
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Kik Interactive, Inc., Case No. 2:17-cv-00347
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`Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Hike Ltd., Case No. 2:17-cv-00349
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`All these cases appear to be in their early stages. Therefore, should the Court consolidate these
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`with the instant litigation, a further extension—beyond the schedule Defendants now seek—will
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`be necessary.
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`Accordingly, Defendants respectfully request that the Court amend the Docket Control
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`Order as set forth above and in their proposed order.
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`2 Plaintiffs did not identify any potential prejudice in opposing this amendment.
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`Dated: May 18, 2017
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`/s/ Robert W. Unikel
`Robert W. Unikel (pro hac vice)
`Illinois State Bar No. 6216974
`ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`70 W. Madison St., Suite 4200
`Chicago, IL 60602-4231
`Telephone: 312-583-2300
`Facsimile: 312-583-2360
`Email: robert.unikel@apks.com
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`Jeffrey A. Miller (pro hac vice)
`California State Bar No. 160602
`ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`3000 El Camino Real Five Palo Alto Square
`Palo Alto, CA 94306-3807
`Telephone: 650-319-4500
`Facsimile: 650-319-4700
`Email: jeffrey.miller@apks.com
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`Paul I. Margulies (pro hac vice)
`DC Bar No. 1000297
`ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`601 Massachusetts Ave, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`Telephone: 202-942-5000
`Facsimile: 202-942-5999
`Email: paul.margulies@apks.com
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`Counsel for Motorola Mobility LLC
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`/s/Harold H. Davis, Jr.
`Howard L. Chen (SBN 257393)
`(admitted in E.D. Texas)
`howard.chen@klgates.com
`Harold H. Davis, Jr. (SBN 235552)
`(admitted in E.D. Texas)
`harold.davis@klgates.com
`Rachel Burnim (SBN 292952)
`(admitted in E.D. Texas)
`rachel.burnim@klgates.com
`K&L GATES LLP
`Four Embarcadero Center, Ste. 1200
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415.882.8200
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`Facsimile: 415.882.8220
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`Ravinder Singh Deol
`State Bar No. 24090073
`ravi.deol@klgates.com
`K&L GATES LLP
`1717 Main St., Suite 2800
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: 214.939.5500
`Fax: 214.939.5849
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`ZTE (USA), INC. and ZTE (TX), INC.
`and ZTE (TX), INC.
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`/s/Stanley Young
`Stanley Young
`(admitted in E.D. Texas)
`syoung@cov.com
`Devon Mobley-Ritter
`(admitted in E.D. Texas)
`dmobleyritter@cov.com
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 700
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1418
`Telephone: (650) 632-4700
`Facsimile: (650) 632-4800
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`Gregory S. Nieberg
`(admitted in E.D. Texas)
`gnieberg@cov.com
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
`The New York Times Building
`620 Eighth Avenue
`New York, NY 10018-1405
`Telephone: (212) 841-1000
`Facsimile: (212) 841-1010
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`Attorneys for Huawei Device USA Inc. and
`Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
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`/s/Reuben H. Chen
`COOLEY LLP
`HEIDI L. KEEFE (CA 178960)
`hkeefe@cooley.com
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`MARK R. WEINSTEIN (CA 193043)
`mweinstein@cooley.com
`REUBEN H. CHEN (CA 228725)
`rchen@cooley.com
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130
`Telephone: (650) 843-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 849-7400
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`Attorneys for Snap Inc.
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`/s/Fred I. Williams
`Fred I. Williams
`State Bar No. 00794855
`fwilliams@velaw.com
`Jonathan L. Hardt
`State Bar No. 24039906
`jhardt@velaw.com
`Mario A. Apreotesi
`State Bar No. 24080772
`mapreotesi@velaw.com
`VINSON & ELKINS LLP
`2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
`Austin, TX 78746
`Tel: 512.542.8400
`Fax: 512.542.8610
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`Eric J. Klein
`State Bar No. 24041258
`eklein@velaw.com
`Todd E. Landis
`State Bar No. 24030226
`tlandis@velaw.com
`VINSON & ELKINS LLP
`2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Tel: 214.220.7700
`Fax: 214.220.7716
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`Attorneys for HTC America, Inc.
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`/s/Parmanand K. Sharma
`Parmanand K. Sharma (pro hac vice)
`sharmap@finnegan.com
`J. Preston (J.P.) Long (pro hac vice)
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`jp.long@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: (202) 408-4000
`Facsimile: (202) 408-4400
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`Minjae Kang (pro hac vice)
`minjae.kang@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Two Freedom Square
`11955 Freedom Drive
`Reston, VA 20190-5675
`Telephone: (571) 203 2700
`Facsimile: (202) 408 4400
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`Charles H. Suh (pro hac vice)
`charles.suh@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`22F West Tower, Mirae Asset Center 1
`26, Eulji-ro 5 gil, Jung-gu
`Seoul 04539
`South Korea
`Telephone: +82 2 6454 7300
`Facsimile: +82 2 6454 7390
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`Melissa Richards Smith
`State Bar No. 24001351
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`GILLIAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
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`Counsel for Defendants
`LG Electronics, Inc.,
`LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and
`LG Electronics Mobilecomm USA, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that all counsel of record have been served a copy of the foregoing on
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`May 18, 2017, via electronic means.
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`/s/ Robert W. Unikel_______________
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`Counsel for Defendants presented their proposed amended Docket Control Order and
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`rationale to Uniloc’s counsel, who indicated that Uniloc opposes the requested amendment.
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`/s/ Robert W. Unikel_______________
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